对杰克逊一生的简短回顾
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Stevie Wonder :“This is a moment that I wish I didn't live to see coming. But as much as P can say that and mean it, I do know that God is good.”他演唱了“Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer”.
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NBA明星Kobe Bryant 和 Magic Johnson致词,表示对杰克逊的敬意。Kobe特别指出,杰克逊创流行歌星对慈善事业支持的吉尼斯世界纪录。
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Johnson认为杰克逊的影响使他成为更好的篮球运动员。
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Berry Gordy Jr., Motown Records公司的创始人,第一个与杰克逊5兄弟签约的公司,回忆10岁的杰克逊在1968年7月10日的第一次试镜。他称杰克逊“take no prisoners showman.”“It was kill or be killed. The more I talk about Michael Jackson, the more I feel the king of pop is not big enough for him. I think he is simply the greatest entertainer that ever lived.”讲话获得热烈的掌声。
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已有8个月身孕的Jennifer Hudson演唱了杰克逊的“Will You Be There”, 歌曲被收入杰克逊的歌曲集 “Dangerous”,也是电影[Free Willy]的插曲。
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牧师Al Sharpton在讲话中,高度赞扬杰克逊为打破种族界限做出的努力:“It was Michael Jackson that brought blacks and whites and Asians and Latinos together。”“Because Michael Jackson kept going, he created a comfort level, where people that felt they were separate became interconnected with his music.”“Later, it wasn’t strange to watch Oprah on television。It wasn’t strange to watch Tiger Woods golf.”他使得人们“comfortable to vote for a person of color for president.”
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观众为他的话起立鼓掌,“I want his children to know, there wasn’t nothing strange about your daddy. It was strange what your daddy had to deal with.”
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Jermaine Jackson 演唱 “Smile”.
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也曾是童星的女演员Brooke Shields 非常激动的回顾与杰克逊相处的往事,“MJ's laugh was the sweetest and the purest of anyone's I have known.”
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众议员Sheila Jackson Lee 代表美国众议院,国会黑人议员团,及“everyman and everywoman”讲话 ,强调,"We understand the Constitution. We understand laws and we know people are innocent until proven otherwise. That is what the Constitution stands for。" 批评有些人"don't understand the hearts of entertainers" and "don't know how they heal the world on behalf of America."
她在众议院提出一项议案,命名杰克逊为美国音乐传奇人物,赞扬他为世界人道主义所作的贡献 - an American musical legend,musical icon and world humanitarian.称他是“Someone who will be honored forever, and forever, and forever and forever.”
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“We are the world, and we are better because Michael Joseph Jackson lived。”向杰克逊致敬。
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最后,参加纪念会的演员,来宾与杰克逊的亲属一同登台,演唱杰克逊于1985年为赈济非洲饥民所写的歌曲,《We Are The World - 天下一家》
Lionel Richie 是在场的当年参加过演唱的唯一演员。
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杰克逊11岁的女儿 Paris Jackson也上台一同演唱这首动人歌曲。旁边是杰克逊的妹妹.
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Paris Jackson 泣不成声地回顾父亲的爱,“I just wanted to say, ever since I was born. My daddy has been the best father you can imagine. I just wanted to say I love him so much.”
如一位NBC节目主持人所说,Paris 的话使在场的,及在电视剧前的观众再也无法控制情感而落泪。杰克逊不但爱自己的孩子,也希望世界上的儿童都能够快乐。
杰克逊的形象将成为无数人们的美好回忆。
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另,据统计,美国周二有3,110万人观看了杰克逊纪念会的电视实况转播,占拥有电视家庭的21%,远超过2007年观看福特总统葬礼的1,500万人。通过CNN,YAHOO 和MSNBC网站观看的人多达1,250万。1997年,美国27%拥有电视的家庭观看了戴安娜王妃的葬礼。
We Are the World。The King of Pop will live with us forever.